Mississippi attorney general: Open-carry gun law has some limits

Hood calls statute 'clear as mud'

11:32 PM,
Jun. 13, 2013

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Attorney General Jim Hood issued an opinion Thursday that while a new Mississippi law will allow people to openly carry guns, they can still be prohibited on private property and in courthouses and they're forbidden at schools.

Otherwise, Hood said, the new law is "clear as mud" and "poorly written," and he expects courts will be years in interpreting it.

Its author, House Judiciary Chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, said he generally agrees with Hood's legal opinion, but disagrees the law is unclear or poorly written. He said past confusing opinions from Hood prompted the new law. ...